Most of the trash that washed ashore on Cox’s Bazar beach in July, causing uproar among environment activists and conservationists, came from the fishing community. A probe body formed the same month came up with the findings recently after analysing the waste, visiting the spots, and talking to fishermen, locals and experts.

Four people were sent to jail on allegation of punishing 50 madrasa students on Tuesday.

The High Court yesterday granted permanent bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

Almost a week has passed since the brutal murder of Swechchasebak League leader Masudur Rahman Shuvra. His wife, Tahrima Akter Chumki, is still in shock and cannot stop wailing for her late husband.

At least 37,170 people were killed and 82,758 injured in 26,902 road accidents in last five years since 2015, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit yesterday claimed to have arrested a close aide of a Bangladeshi expat in Saudi Arabia, Mustaq Mohammad Arman Khan, who had been spreading provocative messages on social media through misinterpreting religion.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against eight engineers of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and three others for misappropriating Tk 34.42 crore.

According to the National Mental Health Survey in Bangladesh (2018-19), some 17 percent of Bangladeshi adults are undergoing mental health problems.

The government has made the decision to reimburse a portion of the application fees that were collected for this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalents exams.

A sub-inspector has been suspended for helping the then in-charge of Sylhet city’s Bandarbazar police outpost Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan flee after the death and alleged torture of Rayhan Ahmed while in police custody on October 11.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) today organised a virtual conference as part of preparation for a draft law on victims and witnesses’ protection.

Men in plainclothes allegedly picked up a leader of Bangladesh Juba Odhikar Parishad from the capital’s Roy Shaheb Bazar intersection area in a microbus this afternoon.

Four more prosecution witnesses, including a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate, today gave their depositions before a Dhaka tribunal in connection with the case filed over the rape of a DU student in Dhaka's Kurmitola earlier this year.

The High Court today refused to grant anticipatory bail to four accused in a case filed on charges of killing Supreme Court lawyer Asif Imtiaz Khan Jisad.

Anti-rape protesters today blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka for two hours demanding implementation of their nine-point demand and protesting the attack on Dhaka to Noakhali anti-rape long-march on October 17.

A traffic sergeant was killed after a pick-up van hit his motorcycle in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area last night.

Md Khorshed Alam, a renowned teacher at Hizla, Muladi and Mehendiganj in Barishal, passed away on October 11 at his Maultala village residence, aged 77.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a special flight from Dhaka to Rome on October 28. Mokabbir Hossain, managing director and CEO of the national flag carrier, said this through a WhatsApp message yesterday.

SOS Children’s Villages Bangladesh yesterday at a virtual event launched the global initiative “YouthCan!” in Bangladesh, to support young people who have lost or are at risk of losing parental care.

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognisance of charges against expelled Dhaka South Jubo League president Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in two cases filed under the arms and narcotics control acts.